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SUPREME COURT CASES.
THE DECISIONS HANDED DOWN
AT ATLANTA.

The Court Adjourned to July 5-Death
of William Miller, Convict The
Chamber of Commerce Onslaught
1.-THE Bucket Shops-A Sort OF Late
Repentance.
ATLANTA, GA, June 1.-THE following
Supreme Court decisions have been handed
down.
John F. Hardin VS.. Thomas A. Lovelacc,
Barlow Affirmed.
Alice II. Cuyler ct al. VS. Henry IL
Smith, administrator, ct al, Chatham. Re
versed, because lower court erred iu re-
fusing the application for an order TO re-
move the case to the United States Circuit
Court,
Y. ID. Harrison ct al VS. Cotton States
Life Insurance Company Bibb. Reversed,
with instructions.
D. X. Christie VS. J. c. whatley, Terrell
Affirmed
The court then adjourned to July 5.
DEATH OF A CONVICT.
Principal Keeper Tower received notice
to-day from the Old Town camp of the sud-
den death of William Miller, convict. An
inquest was held, bat not reported.
CHANGED THEIR MIND.
The Chamber of Commerce appointed q
committee of five to memcrialize the Legis-
lature to suppress the bucket-shops and to
petition the City Council to tax them S10,-
O0O. Such bill passed the last Legislature,
but the Governor vetoed it on a petition
from the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
GAMBLERS OUTFITS IN A BLAZE.
A novel scene was witnessed on the pub
lie square near the arteSian we'll this MORN
ing by about 800 people, including num-
her of Atlanta's leading citizens. Itwas the
burning of about 5000 worth of gaming
paraphernalia, by the chief of police. Early
this morning Chairman James English, of
the Police Commissioners issued an order
to Chief Connolly to have all the gambling
tools stored at the station DESTROYED
by fire, in public. During the last seven
years a number of raids have been made by
the police on gambling saloons in this city.
After each haul the materials used by the
gnmesters in their play were brought to the
station. In this way these implements have
accumulated until there were on hand about
twenty poker tables, several roulette tables,
about 100 decks Of cards, several
hundred checks of all kinds, 400
or 500 figured cards and a complete keno
outfit Some of the tools were very hand
some and costly. By order of Chief Con-
molly patrolman took an ak and chopped
the paraphernalia into pieces at the station
house. Six drays were then loaded with the
pieces and they were hauled to the public
square, where they were made into
two big bonfires a few feet apart.
When all was ready Chief Connolly
and Capt. Couch poured kerosene ON the
pile, and the chief then lighted match ON
his boot and set them on fire. The stuff was
soon blazing and cracking in the presence
of the populace, who watched the mounting
flames with the keenest interest. The prop
erty of number of old Atlanta gamblers
was represented in the fire. Several Of the
gentlemen who still remain in the city were
abuut as red-hot as the flames in their conf
ments at the wholesale destruction. The
goods we're contraband, however, and it has
Tong since been decided by the Council that
they should never lie returned TO their origi-
nal owners.
NEW FEATURE OF PROHIBITION.
In the Recorders Court to-day, in the
case Of j. II. Hill, a negro, charged with
the violation of the prohibition law, John
Papa, the agent of Joseph Thompson at this
point, who runs a wholesale liquor house at
Griffin, testified that he sold Hill three
gallons of gin. Hill, he stated, gave him
$6 down, upon which he ordered the liquor
to be sent to him from Griffin. On
hearing this testimony, Recorder Anderson
at once put Papa under a $500 bond for sell
ing liquor in Atlanta, holding that when an
agent orders liquor for customer at q dis
tant place. and receives the money in
Atlanta. it is a sale Of liquor in this place,
and a violation OF the prohibition law. This
is a new phase of the prohibition question and
has caused much comment This method
of getting liquor to Atlanta is practiced by
a number of agencies here, and the decision
of the Recorder to-day will give rise TO the
making Of the prohibition cases on different
line and lead to q more regard and general
enforcement of the law. The case against
Papa, made to-day, is a test case and will be
watched with interest when it comes up in
the City Court, to which he is bound over.